P479 Teletext 479 Nov 3 23:02:39 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS bz Andrew Kambites HAND A HAND B S Q 9 6 3 2 S Q 9 6 3 2 H A K 7 H A K Q D K J 4 3 D A K Q J C 8 C 8 It is a mistake to think a two opening is a stronger version of its one-level equivblent. You would obviously open HAND A with 1S as it is your longest suit. Opening 2S with HAND B would bj very misguided. >> ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Nov 3 23:13:27 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS continued An Acol Two bid shows a good quality suit and at least 8 playing tricks. This spade suit is not good quality. The point of the Two bid is to show slam potential.Nothing is worse than bidding to a slam with two trump losers Suppose partner has SK-7-5. Opposite an Acol 2S hj will reasonably believe the trumps will play for at most one loser. It is bad tactics to bid a weak suit with a good hand. Open 1S on HAND B. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Nov 3 23:54:07 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - Derek Remington S A Q 10 6 3 S K J 2 H K 7 2 W E H A 6 4 3 D Q 10 7 4 D K J 8 3 C 6 C 8 4 West North East South 1S 2C 2D NO 3D NO 4S End Optimistic bidding but a good contract. North leads CA and continues with CK. How would you play? Solution on next page. >> ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Nov 3 23:21:28 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - Solution S A Q 10 6 3 S K J 2 H K 7 2 W E H A 6 4 3 D Q 10 7 4 S D K J 8 3 C 6 C 8 4 S 9 8 7 5 H Q J 10 D 9 2 C Q 9 7 3 Discard H2 - a loser-on-loser play. If trumps are 4-1, refuse a force. Ruff a 3rd club with ST, draw trumps and concede DA. S6 copes with a 4th club. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr Grooves